Chris Blattman

Co-Chair,
J-PAL's Crime, Violence, &amp; Conflict sector

Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict StudiesUniversity of Chicago Harris School of Public Policy

Chris Blattman is the Ramalee E. Pearson Professor of Global Conflict Studies at The University of Chicago, in the Harris School of Public Policy, as well as a research associate at NBER. He studies why some people and societies are poor, violent and unequal, and what (if anything) aid or governments can do about it. He works principally in sub-Saharan Africa, especially Liberia, Uganda, and Ethiopia.